Not much from the Twins today.
Dominican Digest: Games of 1/15
A couple of Twins have good games.
Mexican Matchups: Games of 1/15
Obregon and Mexicali take leads.
Venezuelan View: Games of 1/15
Two Twins help Anzoategui lose. A Luis Rodriguez sighting!
January 16, 2013: It’s Too Late
...to think of anything relevant for this.
Happy Birthday–January 16
Jimmy Macullar (1855)
Art Whitney (1858)
Jimmy Collins (1870)
Ferdie Schupp (1891)
Buck Jordan (1907)
Dizzy Dean (1910)
Jim Owens (1934)
Ron Herbel (1938)
Joe Bonikowski (1941)
Tsuneo Horiuchi (1948)
Dave Stapleton (1954)
Steve Balboni (1957)
Marty Castillo (1957)
Dave Jauss (1957)
Jack McDowell (1966)
Ron Villone (1970)
Jack Cust (1979)
Albert Pujols (1980)
Matt Maloney (1984)
Jeff Manship (1985)
Jimmy Macullar holds the career record for most games by a left-handed-throwing shortstop (325). Oddly, he batted right-handed.
Marty Castillo was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1975, but did not sign.
A Frames – Chemical
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GLr13N212Y
A Frames were on the bill at the first show I went to at Ralph's Corner Bar after I turned 21. They played with the band FM Knives. I'd read about the show in the paper, and had nothing else going on that night, so I went to take in a night of punk rock. A Frames completely blew me away. Their music is tight, angular, driving punk. They work with a very tight set of themes for their music; most deals with dystopian societies and/or technology. Erin has a really great, monotone voice that works well with the subject matter. Continue reading A Frames – Chemical
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Loading... Puerto Rican Palaver: Games of 1/14
There were no games played in the Puerto Rican League playoffs this day. Here are the standings:
Mayaguez, 7-3
Caguas, 6-4
Santurce, 4-6
Carolina, 3-7
There are two games remaining in the round-robin portion of the playoffs. The top two teams will play a best-of-seven series to determine the league champion.
Dominican Digest: Games of 1/14
Oriente did not use either Ray Olmedo or Drew Butera. By an odd coincidence, Oriente won its fourth game out of fifteen.
Mexican Matchups: Games of 1/14
No games were played in the Mexican League playoffs on this day. Obregon and Culiacan are tied at one game apiece, and Mexicali and Guasave are also tied at one game apiece.